Table 1: Treatment and assessment regimes for patients in Group I (active treatment). Clindamycin infusions were given in 250 mL normal saline over one hour. Patients in Group II (placebo) received placebo infusions of normal saline and placebo tablets according to the same regime; they had the same assessment regime. bd: taken twice a day (morning and evening). × 3/wk: three times per week. Assessments: C, clinical; L, laboratory.